Monstress Vol. 2: The Blood Portfolios In Things From The Flood

In Things From The Flood

Realistic depictions and sophisticated compositions had been curiously absent before him

Lawrence Gong

This Tribute to Otomo is one of the most beautiful artbooks released in recent years and lives up to its title by paying a magnificent tribute to this exceptional author Katsuhiro Otomo

Monstress Vol. 2: The Blood Portfolios In Things From The FloodNEW YORK TIMES This series is impossible to classify; genre elements mingle in mythical and gleefully subversive ways. The story's protagonist, Maika Halfwolf, is descended from an ancient immortal called the Queen of Wolves quite literally an anthropomorphic wolf. Maika has only one arm, though sometimes she wears a magical clockwork prosthetic; hidden in the stump is a squiggly, many eyed monstrosity that periodically pops out and eats people. Her